Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Ag...Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies(CAAsS).JIA is a peer-reviewed and multi-disciplinary international journal and published monthly in English.JIA Editorial Board consists of 289 well-respected scholars of agricultural scientific fields.CAAs President,Academician Kongming Wu is the Chairman of the Board,and Academician Hualan Chen is the Editor-in-Chief.JIA has been available online at ScienceDirect since 2006 and is a leading academic journal in agricultural sciences in China.As released by JCR,the latest IF of the journal is 4.6.展开更多
In October 2024,high-quality academic journals from Shanghai University,together with the Shanghai University biography Shanghai University:a Centennial Photobiography made their debut at the 76th Frankfurt Internatio...In October 2024,high-quality academic journals from Shanghai University,together with the Shanghai University biography Shanghai University:a Centennial Photobiography made their debut at the 76th Frankfurt International Book Fair,drawing worldwide readers’attention to the history of Shanghai University and the university-run academic journals.展开更多
二语写作是二语习得研究领域的重要组成部分。运用CiteSpace软件对近十年发表在Journal of Second Language Writing的231篇实证研究论文进行可视化分析,研究发现:二语写作研究整体呈波动性上升趋势,研究规模较为稳定,研究关注度逐渐提...二语写作是二语习得研究领域的重要组成部分。运用CiteSpace软件对近十年发表在Journal of Second Language Writing的231篇实证研究论文进行可视化分析,研究发现:二语写作研究整体呈波动性上升趋势,研究规模较为稳定,研究关注度逐渐提升;二语写作研究领域暂未形成明显的核心作者和机构的合作网络;研究主题主要聚焦二语写作教学方法的多元化、二语写作反馈的多焦点、二语写作评估与测试的科学化,以及学习者个体差异的多维影响等方面。基于此,提出未来该领域发展需加强学者、机构之间的相互合作;关注个体学习者写作过程的认知特征与情感因素,尤其重视青少年二语学习过程的研究;扩大二语写作纵向研究规模,推动研究的深入发展。展开更多
Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belongi...Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.展开更多
Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belongi...Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.展开更多
(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of...(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.展开更多
Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belongi...Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.展开更多
Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belongi...Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.展开更多
Purpose:For a set of 1,561 Open Access(OA)and non-OA journals in business and economics,this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics-five-year Impact Factor(5IF),CiteScore,Article Influence(AI)...Purpose:For a set of 1,561 Open Access(OA)and non-OA journals in business and economics,this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics-five-year Impact Factor(5IF),CiteScore,Article Influence(AI)score,and SCImago Journal Rank(SJR)-and the journal ratings assigned by expert reviewers.We expect that the OA journals will have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality(reputation).Design/methodology/approach:Regression is used to estimate the ratings assigned by expert reviewers for the 2021 CABS(Chartered Association of Business Schools)journal assessment exercise.The independent variables are the four citation metrics,evaluated separately,and a dummy variable representing the OA/non-OA status of each journal.Findings:Regardless of the citation metric used,OA journals in business and economics have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality(reputation).That is,they have especially low perceived quality(reputation)relative to their citation impact.Research limitations:These results are specific to the CABS journal ratings and the four citation metrics.However,there is strong evidence that CABS is closely related to several other expert ratings,and that 5IF,CiteScore,AI,and SJR are representative of the other citation metrics that might have been chosen.Practical implications:There are at least two possible explanations for these results:(1)expert evaluators are biased against OA journals,and(2)OA journals have especially high citation impact due to their increased accessibility.Although this study does not allow us to determine which of these explanations are supported,the results suggest that authors should consider publishing in OA journals whenever overall readership and citation impact are more important than journal reputation within a particular field.Moreover,the OA coefficients provide a useful indicator of the extent to which anti-OA bias(or the citation advantage of OA journals)is diminishing over time.Originality/value:This is apparently the first study to investigate the impact of OA status on the relationships between expert journal ratings and journal citation metrics.展开更多
Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Ag...Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies(CAAsS).JIA is a peer-reviewed and multi-disciplinary international journal and published monthly in English.展开更多
1 The need to refine journal subject classification systems Journal subject classification systems are fundamental to journal evaluation,research assessments and information retrieval.Previous studies(e.g.,Wang&Wa...1 The need to refine journal subject classification systems Journal subject classification systems are fundamental to journal evaluation,research assessments and information retrieval.Previous studies(e.g.,Wang&Waltman,2016)have identified accuracy issues in major classification systems such as the Subject Categories in the Web of Science and ASJC in Scopus.展开更多
On December 11 and 12,2024,the Central Economic Work Conference,a major annual event in China’s economic calendar,was held in Beijing.This meeting not only conducted a top-level design of China’s economic policy in ...On December 11 and 12,2024,the Central Economic Work Conference,a major annual event in China’s economic calendar,was held in Beijing.This meeting not only conducted a top-level design of China’s economic policy in 2025,but also injected confidence and momentum into the global economy.In the current context of profound adjustment of the international landscape and a slowdown in global economic growth,the topics and decisions of this meeting have important reference significance for regional partners,including Indonesia.展开更多
Dear,Journal of Integrative Nursing(JIN,p-ISSN 2666-9854,e-ISSN 2663-4481),founded in March 2019,is an international peer reviewed,open-access,quarterly academic journal.JIN is co-sponsored by Association of Integrati...Dear,Journal of Integrative Nursing(JIN,p-ISSN 2666-9854,e-ISSN 2663-4481),founded in March 2019,is an international peer reviewed,open-access,quarterly academic journal.JIN is co-sponsored by Association of Integrative Nursing and Beijing Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing Competence Improvement Project,and published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.展开更多
As time swiftly passes,we find ourselves welcoming another spring with renewed hope and energy.On this occasion of bidding farewell to the old and embracing the new,the editorial team of Journal of Automation and Inte...As time swiftly passes,we find ourselves welcoming another spring with renewed hope and energy.On this occasion of bidding farewell to the old and embracing the new,the editorial team of Journal of Automation and Intelligence(JAI)extends heartfelt gratitude and sincere wishes to all our editorial board members,peer reviewers,authors,readers,and friends from various fields who have supported the journal’s development!展开更多
Purpose:In this paper,we use author clustering based on journal coupling(i.e.,shared academic journals)to determine researchers who have the same scientific interests and similar conceptual frameworks.The basic assump...Purpose:In this paper,we use author clustering based on journal coupling(i.e.,shared academic journals)to determine researchers who have the same scientific interests and similar conceptual frameworks.The basic assumption is that authors who publish in the same academic journals are more likely to share similar conceptual frameworks and interests than those who never publish in the same venues.Therefore,they are more likely to be part of the same invisible college(i.e.,authors in this subgroup contribute materially to research on the same topic and often publish their work in similar publication venues).Design/methodology/approach:Test in a controlled exercise the grouping of authors based on journal coupling to determine invisible colleges in a research field using a case study of 302 authors who had published in the Information Science and Library Science(IS&LS)category of the Web of Science Core Collection.For each author,we retrieved all the scientific journals in which this author had published his/her articles.We then used the cosine measure to calculate the similarity between authors(both first and second order).Findings:In this paper,using journal coupling of IS&LS authors,we found four main invisible colleges:“Information Systems”,“Business and Information Management”,“Quantitative Information Science”and“Library Science.”The main journals that determine the existence of these invisible colleges were Inform Syst Res,Inform Syst J,J Bus Res,J Knowl Manage,J Informetr,Pro Int Conf Sci Inf,Int J Geogr Inf Sci,J Am Med Inform Assn,and Learn Publ.However,the main journals that demonstrate that IS&LS determine a field were J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec/J Assoc Inf Sci Tech,Scientometrics,Inform Process Manag,and J Inf Sci.Research limitations:The results shown in this article are from a controlled exercise.The analysis performed using journal coupling excludes books,book chapters,and conference papers.In this article,only academic journals were used for the representation of research results.Practical implications:Our results may be of interest to IS&LS scholars.This is because these results provide a new lens for grouping authors,making use of the authors’journal publication profile and journal coupling.Furthermore,extending our approach to the study of the structure of other disciplines would possibly be of interest to historians of science as well as scientometricians.Originality/value:This is a novel approach based on journal coupling to determine authors who are most likely to be part of the same invisible college.展开更多
Aims and Scope Journal of Northeast Agricultural University(English Edition)is a comprehensive academic journal on agricultural sciences sponsored by Northeast Agricultural University and distributed worldwide.It is a...Aims and Scope Journal of Northeast Agricultural University(English Edition)is a comprehensive academic journal on agricultural sciences sponsored by Northeast Agricultural University and distributed worldwide.It is a peer reviewed journal published quarterly and mainly publishes review and research articles that reflect the latest achievements on crop science,horticulture,plant protection,resource and environment,animal science,veterinary medicine,agricultural engineering and technology,agricultural water conservancy,life science,biotechnology and food science.展开更多
In 2023,Baishideng Publishing Group(Baishideng)routinely published 47 openaccess journals,including 46 English-language journals and 1 Chinese-language journal.Our successes were accomplished through the collective de...In 2023,Baishideng Publishing Group(Baishideng)routinely published 47 openaccess journals,including 46 English-language journals and 1 Chinese-language journal.Our successes were accomplished through the collective dedicated efforts of Baishideng staffs,Editorial Board Members,and Peer Reviewers.Among these 47 Baishideng journals,7 are included in the Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)and 6 in the Emerging Sources Citation Index(ESCI).With the support of Baishideng authors,company staffs,Editorial Board Members,and Peer Reviewers,the publication work of 2023 is about to be successfully completed.This editorial summarizes the 2023 activities and accomplishments of the 13 SCIEand ESCI-indexed Baishideng journals,outlines the Baishideng publishing policy changes and additions made this year,and highlights the unique advantages of Baishideng journals.展开更多
It is not difficult to imagine humankind as stewards and custodians of the vast,complex,unique,and awe-inspiring property called Planet Earth.We are duty-bound to take good care of this priceless property,for our own ...It is not difficult to imagine humankind as stewards and custodians of the vast,complex,unique,and awe-inspiring property called Planet Earth.We are duty-bound to take good care of this priceless property,for our own well-being,and for the well-being of our future generations.We take stock of the value of our property by understanding its fragile biodiversity;and we safeguard its value by monitoring and protecting it.Just as a piece of real estate is livable only if it is wellsupported by utilities and other municipal services,we have a duty to ensure that the natural habitats and the crucial ecological services they provide are in tip-top conditions.This requires a deep understanding how an intricate,vibrant,and resilient ecosystem works,and how natural forces and manmade decisions can impact its sustainability,both positively and negatively.展开更多
文摘Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies(CAAsS).JIA is a peer-reviewed and multi-disciplinary international journal and published monthly in English.JIA Editorial Board consists of 289 well-respected scholars of agricultural scientific fields.CAAs President,Academician Kongming Wu is the Chairman of the Board,and Academician Hualan Chen is the Editor-in-Chief.JIA has been available online at ScienceDirect since 2006 and is a leading academic journal in agricultural sciences in China.As released by JCR,the latest IF of the journal is 4.6.
文摘In October 2024,high-quality academic journals from Shanghai University,together with the Shanghai University biography Shanghai University:a Centennial Photobiography made their debut at the 76th Frankfurt International Book Fair,drawing worldwide readers’attention to the history of Shanghai University and the university-run academic journals.
文摘二语写作是二语习得研究领域的重要组成部分。运用CiteSpace软件对近十年发表在Journal of Second Language Writing的231篇实证研究论文进行可视化分析,研究发现:二语写作研究整体呈波动性上升趋势,研究规模较为稳定,研究关注度逐渐提升;二语写作研究领域暂未形成明显的核心作者和机构的合作网络;研究主题主要聚焦二语写作教学方法的多元化、二语写作反馈的多焦点、二语写作评估与测试的科学化,以及学习者个体差异的多维影响等方面。基于此,提出未来该领域发展需加强学者、机构之间的相互合作;关注个体学习者写作过程的认知特征与情感因素,尤其重视青少年二语学习过程的研究;扩大二语写作纵向研究规模,推动研究的深入发展。
文摘Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.
文摘Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.
文摘(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.
文摘Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.
文摘Journal of Future Foods(ISSN 2772-5669.Owner:Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Production and Hosting:Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.)is an international,peer-reviewed open access journal belonging to the discipline of food science and technology.The aim of the journal is to report latest research results of high-tech in food science.We welcome submissions that drive the field of food science towards whole food nutrition,intelligence and high technology.
文摘Purpose:For a set of 1,561 Open Access(OA)and non-OA journals in business and economics,this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics-five-year Impact Factor(5IF),CiteScore,Article Influence(AI)score,and SCImago Journal Rank(SJR)-and the journal ratings assigned by expert reviewers.We expect that the OA journals will have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality(reputation).Design/methodology/approach:Regression is used to estimate the ratings assigned by expert reviewers for the 2021 CABS(Chartered Association of Business Schools)journal assessment exercise.The independent variables are the four citation metrics,evaluated separately,and a dummy variable representing the OA/non-OA status of each journal.Findings:Regardless of the citation metric used,OA journals in business and economics have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality(reputation).That is,they have especially low perceived quality(reputation)relative to their citation impact.Research limitations:These results are specific to the CABS journal ratings and the four citation metrics.However,there is strong evidence that CABS is closely related to several other expert ratings,and that 5IF,CiteScore,AI,and SJR are representative of the other citation metrics that might have been chosen.Practical implications:There are at least two possible explanations for these results:(1)expert evaluators are biased against OA journals,and(2)OA journals have especially high citation impact due to their increased accessibility.Although this study does not allow us to determine which of these explanations are supported,the results suggest that authors should consider publishing in OA journals whenever overall readership and citation impact are more important than journal reputation within a particular field.Moreover,the OA coefficients provide a useful indicator of the extent to which anti-OA bias(or the citation advantage of OA journals)is diminishing over time.Originality/value:This is apparently the first study to investigate the impact of OA status on the relationships between expert journal ratings and journal citation metrics.
文摘Description Journal of Integrative Agriculture(JIA),formerly Agricultural Sciences in China(AsC),founded in 2002,is sponsored by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS),co-sponsored by Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies(CAAsS).JIA is a peer-reviewed and multi-disciplinary international journal and published monthly in English.
文摘1 The need to refine journal subject classification systems Journal subject classification systems are fundamental to journal evaluation,research assessments and information retrieval.Previous studies(e.g.,Wang&Waltman,2016)have identified accuracy issues in major classification systems such as the Subject Categories in the Web of Science and ASJC in Scopus.
文摘On December 11 and 12,2024,the Central Economic Work Conference,a major annual event in China’s economic calendar,was held in Beijing.This meeting not only conducted a top-level design of China’s economic policy in 2025,but also injected confidence and momentum into the global economy.In the current context of profound adjustment of the international landscape and a slowdown in global economic growth,the topics and decisions of this meeting have important reference significance for regional partners,including Indonesia.
文摘Dear,Journal of Integrative Nursing(JIN,p-ISSN 2666-9854,e-ISSN 2663-4481),founded in March 2019,is an international peer reviewed,open-access,quarterly academic journal.JIN is co-sponsored by Association of Integrative Nursing and Beijing Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing Competence Improvement Project,and published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.
文摘As time swiftly passes,we find ourselves welcoming another spring with renewed hope and energy.On this occasion of bidding farewell to the old and embracing the new,the editorial team of Journal of Automation and Intelligence(JAI)extends heartfelt gratitude and sincere wishes to all our editorial board members,peer reviewers,authors,readers,and friends from various fields who have supported the journal’s development!
文摘Purpose:In this paper,we use author clustering based on journal coupling(i.e.,shared academic journals)to determine researchers who have the same scientific interests and similar conceptual frameworks.The basic assumption is that authors who publish in the same academic journals are more likely to share similar conceptual frameworks and interests than those who never publish in the same venues.Therefore,they are more likely to be part of the same invisible college(i.e.,authors in this subgroup contribute materially to research on the same topic and often publish their work in similar publication venues).Design/methodology/approach:Test in a controlled exercise the grouping of authors based on journal coupling to determine invisible colleges in a research field using a case study of 302 authors who had published in the Information Science and Library Science(IS&LS)category of the Web of Science Core Collection.For each author,we retrieved all the scientific journals in which this author had published his/her articles.We then used the cosine measure to calculate the similarity between authors(both first and second order).Findings:In this paper,using journal coupling of IS&LS authors,we found four main invisible colleges:“Information Systems”,“Business and Information Management”,“Quantitative Information Science”and“Library Science.”The main journals that determine the existence of these invisible colleges were Inform Syst Res,Inform Syst J,J Bus Res,J Knowl Manage,J Informetr,Pro Int Conf Sci Inf,Int J Geogr Inf Sci,J Am Med Inform Assn,and Learn Publ.However,the main journals that demonstrate that IS&LS determine a field were J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec/J Assoc Inf Sci Tech,Scientometrics,Inform Process Manag,and J Inf Sci.Research limitations:The results shown in this article are from a controlled exercise.The analysis performed using journal coupling excludes books,book chapters,and conference papers.In this article,only academic journals were used for the representation of research results.Practical implications:Our results may be of interest to IS&LS scholars.This is because these results provide a new lens for grouping authors,making use of the authors’journal publication profile and journal coupling.Furthermore,extending our approach to the study of the structure of other disciplines would possibly be of interest to historians of science as well as scientometricians.Originality/value:This is a novel approach based on journal coupling to determine authors who are most likely to be part of the same invisible college.
文摘Aims and Scope Journal of Northeast Agricultural University(English Edition)is a comprehensive academic journal on agricultural sciences sponsored by Northeast Agricultural University and distributed worldwide.It is a peer reviewed journal published quarterly and mainly publishes review and research articles that reflect the latest achievements on crop science,horticulture,plant protection,resource and environment,animal science,veterinary medicine,agricultural engineering and technology,agricultural water conservancy,life science,biotechnology and food science.
文摘In 2023,Baishideng Publishing Group(Baishideng)routinely published 47 openaccess journals,including 46 English-language journals and 1 Chinese-language journal.Our successes were accomplished through the collective dedicated efforts of Baishideng staffs,Editorial Board Members,and Peer Reviewers.Among these 47 Baishideng journals,7 are included in the Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)and 6 in the Emerging Sources Citation Index(ESCI).With the support of Baishideng authors,company staffs,Editorial Board Members,and Peer Reviewers,the publication work of 2023 is about to be successfully completed.This editorial summarizes the 2023 activities and accomplishments of the 13 SCIEand ESCI-indexed Baishideng journals,outlines the Baishideng publishing policy changes and additions made this year,and highlights the unique advantages of Baishideng journals.
文摘It is not difficult to imagine humankind as stewards and custodians of the vast,complex,unique,and awe-inspiring property called Planet Earth.We are duty-bound to take good care of this priceless property,for our own well-being,and for the well-being of our future generations.We take stock of the value of our property by understanding its fragile biodiversity;and we safeguard its value by monitoring and protecting it.Just as a piece of real estate is livable only if it is wellsupported by utilities and other municipal services,we have a duty to ensure that the natural habitats and the crucial ecological services they provide are in tip-top conditions.This requires a deep understanding how an intricate,vibrant,and resilient ecosystem works,and how natural forces and manmade decisions can impact its sustainability,both positively and negatively.
